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- # readme. - GNUish MS-DOS cpio -*-Text-*-
- # Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- # Copyright (C) 1990 by Thorsten Ohl, ohl@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-
- This is GNU cpio version 1.1 for MS-DOS.
-
- SOURCE CODE
-
- The makefile assumes that you have a copy of the gnulib, which
- contains ports of several general purpose (regular expressions,
- directory access, filename globbing, etc.) GNU functions for MS-DOS.
- You can get it from the same place where you picled up this archive.
-
- GNU cpio is known to compile with Microsoft C Version 5.1 or 6.0.
- Reports of successful compilation by other compilers (and the
- eventually necessary context diffs) are very much appreciated.
-
- EXECUTABLE CODE
-
- For convenience, ready-to-execute binaries are also provided for those
- who do not have the necessary compilers, or do not feel like using
- them. User documentation is usually not provided, at least for now,
- beyond the documentation provided in the official GNU distribution.
-
- Below is a short excuse for a manpage.
-
- Thorsten Ohl
- ohl@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-
- ============================================================================
-
- CPIO(1) GNUish-MSDOS
-
- NAME
-
- cpio - copy in, copy out, copy pass
-
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- cpio {-o|+create} [-acvBLV] [+reset-access-time] [+portability]
- [+verbose] [+block-size=blocks] [+dereference] [+version]
- < name-list > archive
-
- cpio {-i|+extract} [-cdfmnrtuvBV] [+portability] [+make-directories]
- [+nonmatching] [+preserve-modification-time] [+numeric-uid-gid]
- [+rename] [+list] [+unconditional] [+verbose] [+block-size=blocks]
- [+version] [pattern...] < archive
-
- cpio {-p|+pass-through} [-adlLmuvV] [+reset-access-time]
- [+make-directories] [+link] [+preserve-modification-time]
- [+unconditional] [+verbose] [+dereference] [+version]
- destination-directory < name-list
-
-
- OPTIONS
-
- -a, +reset-access-time Reset access times.
- +block-size n Set block size to n * 512
- -B Set block size to 5120.
- -c, +portability Use the portable format.
- -d, +make-directories Create directories where needed.
- -f, +nonmatching Only copy files not matching patterns.
- -i, +extract Copy-in mode.
- -l, +link Link files when possible.
- -L, +dereference Dereference symbolic links.
- -m, +preserve-modification-time Retain previous file modify times.
- -n, +numeric-uid-gid Long list owner and group as numbers.
- -o, +create Copy-out mode.
- -p, +pass-through Copy-pass mode.
- -r, +rename Interactively rename.
- -t, +list Only print a list.
- -u, +unconditional Replace all! Unconditionally!
- -v, +verbose Verbose!
- -V, +version Print version string.
-
- ============================================================================
-